Deaf Senior Companion ASL Connection

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Deaf Seniors ASL Connection
~ Befriending schemes offer lonely and isolated older deaf people vital companionship and emotional support ~


~ All they need a little help from their friends ~

 ~ Better days,... brighter tomorrow ~
Mission: Bring together deaf seniors
in nursing or assistive living quarters and deaf caring volunteers to communicate with one another.
We are seeking volunteers who would like to be on our team. Volunteers will represent your regional areas, where you live to take photos, write up brief stories on what happens in caregiving services. So we can share the stories for all our followers on this Blogspot. 
Set up link with deafseniors.us


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